Teens Against Tobacco Use: A Tobacco Prevention Curriculum and Advocacy Initiative
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 639
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Tobacco Susceptibility assessed by Likert scale questions drawn primarily from the global youth tobacco survey
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study evaluates the efficacy of Teens Against Tobacco Use anti-tobacco presentations on tobacco use susceptibility in 6th through 8th grade. Students will be randomly assigned to either receive 3 anti-tobacco presentations or 3 presentations on a different topic, unrelated to tobacco.
Detailed Description
The investigators will collaborate with Austin High School, Wiggs Middle School, and Guillen Middle School of the El Paso Independent School District to implement smoke free youth coalitions as an after school activity. The coalitions will follow the Teens Against Tobacco Use (TATU) model developed by the American Lung Association, the American Cancer Society, and the American Heart Association. Participating youth will be trained to develop and deliver anti-tobacco presentations to younger students. Each school will have a separate youth coalition operating under the guidance of an adult coordinator. High school youth will present to middle school classes, whereas middle school youth will present to 4th and 5th graders.
To evaluate the efficacy of the TATU program, we will randomly assign students in physical education classes to receive TATU presentations or a control condition. Confidential surveys about tobacco will be administered at the beginning and end of the school year. Analyses will compare intervention and control students on smoking susceptibility, perceptions of harm from tobacco use, tobacco industry perceptions, and social norms on tobacco use.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 8 Years to 17 Years (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Students from participating schools
- •6th to 8th grade students
- •Classes must be willing to receive presentations in the fall and spring semesters.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Students from non-participating schools
- •Students not able to read English or Spanish
Arms & Interventions
Teens Against Tobacco Use presentation
Students in the intervention group will receive anti-tobacco presentations from Teens Against Tobacco Use Members
Intervention: Teens Against Tobacco Use presentation (Behavioral)
Control
Students in this group will receive a control presentation from their physical education teachers on a topic unrelated to tobacco.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Tobacco Susceptibility assessed by Likert scale questions drawn primarily from the global youth tobacco survey
Time Frame: Change from Baseline Tobacco Susceptibility at 7 months
Tobacco susceptibility captures the likelihood of using tobacco in the future. It will be assessed by likert scale questions drawn primarily from the global youth tobacco survey. It will be analyzed as a continuous variable that will be standardized, so outcomes will represent standard deviation unit differences in tobacco susceptibility.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Louis D. Brown
Assistant Professor
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston